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"ref": "1969, The End of the Road by John Barth (page 155)",
"text": "the only abortion she could get even in the city would be a half-ass job by some half-ass doctor who could mess her up for the rest of her life"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "produced in an incompetent manner",
"word": "puolivillainen"
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"note": "not vulgar",
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"word": "na pół gwizdka"
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"sense": "produced in an incompetent manner",
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"word": "feito nas coxas"
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"word": "meia-boca"
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"sense": "produced in an incompetent manner",
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"sense": "produced in an incompetent manner",
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"word": "через жопу"
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"sense": "produced in an incompetent manner",
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"ref": "1999, W. Peter Iliff, Varsity Blues, spoken by Mox (James Van Der Beek)",
"text": "Now, we go out there and we half-ass it because we're scared, all we're left with is an excuse. We're always gonna wonder. But, we go out there and we give it absolutely everything… that's heroic.",
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"sense": "to perform a task incompletely or carelessly",
"word": "bâcler"
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"sense": "to perform a task incompletely or carelessly",
"word": "fazer nas coxas"
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"sense": "to perform a task incompletely or carelessly",
"word": "халтурить"
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}
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"sense": "produced in an incompetent manner",
"word": "puolivillainen"
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"note": "not vulgar",
"sense": "produced in an incompetent manner",
"word": "na pół gwizdka"
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{
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"sense": "produced in an incompetent manner",
"tags": [
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"word": "feito nas coxas"
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"word": "meia-boca"
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"sense": "produced in an incompetent manner",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
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"word": "через жопу"
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"sense": "produced in an incompetent manner",
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"ref": "1999, W. Peter Iliff, Varsity Blues, spoken by Mox (James Van Der Beek)",
"text": "Now, we go out there and we half-ass it because we're scared, all we're left with is an excuse. We're always gonna wonder. But, we go out there and we give it absolutely everything… that's heroic.",
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"ref": "2002, Guardians of the Eagle by John D. Messer (page 102)",
"text": "if you're working for me and I send you to do a job and you half-ass it, that reflects on me. In civilian life, we'd just fire you. Here I can't get rid of you."
}
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"(slang, vulgar, transitive) To perform a task incompletely or carelessly."
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"sense": "to perform a task incompletely or carelessly",
"word": "bâcler"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to perform a task incompletely or carelessly",
"word": "fazer nas coxas"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xalturitʹ",
"sense": "to perform a task incompletely or carelessly",
"word": "халтурить"
}
],
"word": "half-ass"
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